Rural post offices will remain open; Freistatt residents relievedKSPRAfter a long hard fight to keep their post office open, Freistatt residents are relieved to hear of the new plan. by Linda Russell, KY3 News lrussell@ky3.com FREISTATT, Mo.– In an effort to return to financial stabilitiy but keep the nation's smallest …

Arthritis sufferer Albert Kingdom, 87, was distraught when the box he used in Twitchen, South Molton, Devon, was removed because it was fixed to a rotten post. More: continued here

HNN Huntingtonnews.net Post offices to remain openBluefield Daily TelegraphBy CHARLES OWENS Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUEFIELD — Dozens of rural post offices originally targeted for closure across southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia will now remain open, but many will see their hours of operation significantly …W.Va. delegation wary of new …

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USA TODAY Maryland towns welcome post office reprieveCNNMoneyBy Paul Courson @CNNMoney May 10, 2012: 5:34 AM ET WEST FRIENDSHIP, Md. (CNNMoney) — When the US Postal Service announced a news conference earlier this week, many customers and some workers at rural post offices thought it was to announce a hit …

As a growing number of Americans are on food stamps and other public assistance, the number of people with a Ph.D. who receive that aid has tripled. More: continued here

The U.S. Postal Service is proposing cuts to hours of operation at small rural post offices, including several of Juneau's neighbors, but that cost saving measure may help buy time for the threatened Douglas Post Office. More: continued here

Rural post offices to stay open under new proposal; 23 sites in county are now …Times-StandardThe nearly bankrupt US Postal Service has backed off of a plan that would have closed eight local post offices, but it will instead reduce the hours at 23 locations in Humboldt County under a …

Bending to strong public opposition, the debt-ridden U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday backed off a plan to close thousands of rural post offices after May 15, which could mean good news for the threatened Oakville post office. More: continued here

Valley Breeze Post office preps for food driveNorthwest HeraldBy JOSEPH BUSTOS – jbustos@shawmedia.com In his many years with the US Postal Service, Algonquin post office Delivery Supervisor Romy Ramos always expects to see nonperishable food come to the post office in the days leading up to the annual Stamp Out …